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Coffee and pies anyone?
Recently joining our rapidly growing business community is the son of Millwater residents Pat and John Davey.
Steven Davey has had a lifelong ambition to own and run his own service industry business and is now about to realize his dreams.
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Steven started his working life whilst still at school, by working at McDonalds Shore City and then Belmont. He climbed through the ranks to become a store manager and accepted responsibility for training new franchisees and their staffs, as new outlets were set up on the North Shore and in Auckland, including Glenfield and Mission Bay.
Transferring to Taupo, he left McDonalds to join New World and subsequently PAK’nSAVE, where he undertook extensive training with a view to gaining his own store. He also held a liquor licence as a store manager.
Whilst in Taupo he was involved as a volunteer with St. John Ambulance and was a Group Scout Leader. Unfortunately, financial and personal circumstances at that time forced him to put his plans on the back burner.
Steven went to the UK for four years, where he was involved in setting up and then managing a large sports outlet in London. He also worked for a local council as Disability Transport Coordinator and Assistant Project Manager.
Returning to NZ saw Steven employed by The Warehouse head office. He was heavily involved in designing and setting up new Warehouse outlets throughout New Zealand; including Sylvia Park and Mosgiel in Dunedin, where their first small format store was developed. He also continued as a volunteer with St. John Ambulance and has been awarded a long service medal, having served more than 18 years. When his position at The Warehouse became redundant, Steven quickly secured employment with Auckland City Council as a Project Manager. In this position, his last project was the refurbishment of the old Warkworth Town Hall. In the reorganisation of the City Council, Steven applied to take voluntary severance and this was accepted. He does however still maintain some input into the Warkworth project.
This severance payment finally gave Steven the means to achieve his goal and he has opened a Jesters Pie franchise at 2 Milner Avenue, Silverdale.
Steven’s input into the setup has assisted in the design of a new concept store for the franchise. In addition to the ‘ridiculously tasty’ pies (including vegetarian and gluten-free) to take away, the store is designed for dine-in customers and offers some new items on the menu. One area of the store is set up as a Coffee bar, where workers can grab a coffee on their way to work. In addition, there are tables and chairs for sit-down meals of pies and chips, with other new side orders in the pipeline. Dessert pies are complemented with various cakes and slices. You can finish off your meal with fresh coffee or a full range of soft drinks.
Future plans include a pie van delivery service to local businesses, sports and festival events in the area.
Steven, together with his wife Fiona and son Max, is looking forward to a long and happy relationship interacting with and providing a service for the people of Silverdale, Millwater and beyond.
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Sarah Furniss Publisher
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